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When the Chekists Took Up the Pen
When the Chekists Took Up the Pen
BOOK REVIEW: KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet UnionBy Filip Kovacevic / [...] More
The Nazis Never Left. A Worthy Successor to a Classic Thriller
The Nazis Never Left. A Worthy Successor to a Classic Thriller
BOOK REVIEW: REVENGE OF ODESSABy Frederick Forsyth with Tony Kent / G.P. Putnam’s SonsReviewed by: [...] More
From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again
From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again
BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save [...] More
A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy
A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy
Book Review: The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism By [...] More
Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today
Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today
BOOK REVIEW: Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an IdeaBy Luka Ivan Jukic [...] More
Realism and Rivals: McCloskey’s The Persian Rings True
Realism and Rivals: McCloskey’s The Persian Rings True
BOOK REVIEW: The Persian: A NovelBy David McCloskey/ W.W. NortonReviewed by: Joe ZacksThe Reviewer: [...] More
Does the Arctic Have an Unfrozen Future?
Does the Arctic Have an Unfrozen Future?
BOOK REVIEW: UNFROZEN: THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTICBy Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds / Yale [...] More
Behind the Mask: The Politics of Hidden Intervention
Behind the Mask: The Politics of Hidden Intervention
BOOK REVIEW: COVERT ACTION: NATIONAL APPROACHES TO UNACKNOWLEDGED INTERVENTIONBy Magda Long [...] More
Courage and Betrayal in the Heart of Hitler's Germany
Courage and Betrayal in the Heart of Hitler's Germany
BOOK REVIEW: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany – [...] More
How Dictators Evade Justice — and Why It Still Works: Philippe Sands’ 38 Londres Street
How Dictators Evade Justice — and Why It Still Works: Philippe Sands’ 38 Londres Street
In his new book, Philippe Sands traces the quiet networks that let war criminals escape judgment — [...] More
The Nuclear Age: How the Quest for the Bomb Redefined Power — and Still Shapes Today’s Global Order
The Nuclear Age: How the Quest for the Bomb Redefined Power — and Still Shapes Today’s Global Order
Plokhy’s sweeping history reveals how great powers turned the bomb into both a shield and a weapon [...] More
High On Hype – A Tabloid Take On Delta Force and Drugs
High On Hype – A Tabloid Take On Delta Force and Drugs
BOOK REVIEW: THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL: DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER IN THE SPECIAL FORCESBy Seth Harp / [...] More
A Call at 4AM in Israel: Crucial Decisions, Urgent Reading
A Call at 4AM in Israel: Crucial Decisions, Urgent Reading
BOOK REVIEW: A Call at 4 AM: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions that Shaped Israeli [...] More
Checkmate, Comrade: Espionage, Surveillance, and the Quiet Rebellion over the Chess Board
Checkmate, Comrade: Espionage, Surveillance, and the Quiet Rebellion over the Chess Board
BOOK REVIEW: Spy’s Mate, A NovelBy Brad Buchanan / Thinkers PublishingReviewed by: Jean-Thomas [...] More
A Resounding Reaffirmation of Diplomacy
A Resounding Reaffirmation of Diplomacy
BOOK REVIEW: Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to KissingerBy A. [...] More
From Terrorist to Trial: The Pursuit of Justice
From Terrorist to Trial: The Pursuit of Justice
BOOK REVIEW: RACE AGAINST TERROR: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever WarBy Jake [...] More
A Ruthless and Reflective Confrontation About the Price of War
A Ruthless and Reflective Confrontation About the Price of War
BOOK REVIEW: Cry Havoc: A Tom Reece ThrillerBy Jack Carr / AtriaReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe [...] More
Benjamin Franklin’s Failed Canadian Ambitions
Benjamin Franklin’s Failed Canadian Ambitions
BOOK REVIEW: He Did Not Conquer. Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex CanadaBy Madelaine Drohan/ [...] More